Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl is a one woman show written and performed by Rebecca Perry.  It’s currently running at the Alumnae Theatre as part of the Fringe.  Perry plays Joanie Little, a recent anthropology graduate with a Jane Goodall fixation and a job in a coffeeshop.  Applying her anthropological skills to the shop’s customers she takes us. on a tour of her urban jungle.  There’s her silverback boss, the “large black coffee” penguin, her promiscuous peacock ex and Sue the wild turkey jogger; among others.

These encounters and the rest of Joanie’s day are discussed every night with a photograph of Ms. Goodall.  This gets funnier when Joanie meets the slightly too good to be true Marco and asks Jane for “mating strategies”.  There’s an equally implausible happy ending!  Along the way there’s some excellent physical acting.  The animal impressions are funny and she does a very good Goodall impression.  There are even jazzy tunes.  Perry sings rather well accompanied by music director Quinton Naughton on keyboards.

All in all, it’s a well conceived and executed fringe show.  It’s not profound but it’s a fun way to spend an hour.